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Friends of the Library Shop in Salt Lake City Main Library. Some Friends groups are created primarily for the purpose of raising money for their library. [11] Friends might raise money by selling old and used books. [23] Book sales can be major events for many Friends groups. [24] Friends groups receive books as donations. [25]
The Wisconsin Library Association (WLA), is a Wisconsin, United States non-profit, professional membership organization which has existed since 1891. WLA represents nearly 2000 members statewide --- primarily librarians and library staff from school, public, academic, and special libraries, in addition to students, trustees and library Friends.
It was originally located in the nearby town of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, but moved to Middleton. The museum and its curator were featured on National Public Radio's Morning Edition broadcast of July 29, 2010, [19] and Weekend Edition Saturday on February 18, 1995 (when it was located in Mount Horeb).
The T.B. Scott Free Library is a member of the Wisconsin Valley Library Service (WVLS), a library system made up of 26 public libraries and 212 non-public libraries across seven counties in north-central Wisconsin. In 2017, the library's circulation was 46% to city residents and 47% to county residents. [5] The library has won the Library of ...
The Friends of the Horicon Public Library were organized in 1987 specifically to raise money for programs and special items, and to provide volunteers for library events. [6] The small-town evaluation program "First Impressions," a program for community assessment and improvement, in 2009, stated that the Horicon Public Library was ...
The Marathon County Public Library operates in cooperation with the Wisconsin Valley Library Service , a state library system of 25 public libraries and more than 200 non-public libraries. Wausau Free Public Library upon opening in 1907 [ 4 ] Wausau Free Public Library, 1910 [ 4 ]
The library was constructed in 1915 to serve the City of Tomah and the surrounding area. It is a Carnegie library. In 1911 Ernest Buckley, who was a successful geologist, left the city of Tomah $12,000 to be used for a park or library. The city leaders set aside $7,000 for a library and requested a grant of $10,000 from the Carnegie Foundation.
Lutie Eugenia Stearns (September 13, 1866 – December 25, 1943) was an American teacher, librarian, author, speaker and political activist, [1] known to some as "the Johnny Appleseed of books" for her innovative traveling library projects for the Wisconsin Free Library Commission, and is a member of the Library Hall of Fame list created in 1951.